{"id":4878,"date":"2017-10-10T10:06:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T10:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4878-map-update-syrian-army-reopens-sukhnah-deir-ezzor-highway-seizes-half-of-isis-capital-city\/"},"modified":"2017-10-10T10:06:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T10:06:34","slug":"map-update-syrian-army-reopens-sukhnah-deir-ezzor-highway-seizes-half-of-isis-capital-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4878-map-update-syrian-army-reopens-sukhnah-deir-ezzor-highway-seizes-half-of-isis-capital-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Map update: Syrian Army reopens Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor highway, seizes half of ISIS capital city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Syrian Arab Army and allied paramilitaries \u2013 backed up by Russian airpower \u2013 have regained the strategic initiative in eastern Syria, fully reversing all ISIS gains made along the as-Sukhnah to Deir Ezzor highway since the end of September and pushing forth the front-line all the way to the gates of ISIS\u2019 capital city.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>The Syrian Arab Army and allied paramilitaries \u2013 backed up by Russian airpower \u2013 have regained the strategic initiative in eastern Syria, fully reversing all ISIS gains made along the as-Sukhnah to Deir Ezzor highway since the end of September and pushing forth the front-line all the way to the gates of ISIS\u2019 capital city.<\/h4>\n<h4>Yesterday, the elite Tiger Forces of the Syrian Arab Army operating in southwestern Deir Ezzor Governorate battled their way into the heart of Al-Mayadeen city, ISIS\u2019 de facto capital, taking control of about 50 percent of it.<\/h4>\n<h4>Additional advances on Al-Mayadeen\u2019s periphery has seen the Tiger Forces liberate the city airport and establish fire control over the main supply line used by ISIS to reinforce and resupply its presence in the city.<\/h4>\n<h4>Furthermore, the Syrian Army counterattacked in far east Homs Governorate, driving ISIS forces south of as-Sukhnah and gaining full control over the Sukhnah to Deir Ezzor road. 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